By USDA Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2017) – Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the Senate’s confirmation of Greg Ibach, who was nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve as Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today is pleased to announce that Gregory Ibach was approved by the U.S. Senate.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced today that USDA is making resources available to help rural people and communities recover from the effects of California wildfires.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced today that USDA is making resources available to help rural people and communities recover from the effects of California wildfires.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney will lead an agribusiness trade mission to India Oct. 30-Nov. 3. Making his first international trip as Under Secretary, McKinney will head a delegation of approximately 50 business, trade association and state government leaders who are seeking to grow U.S. agricultural exports to the world’s second-most-populous country.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2017 – Households impacted by recent wildfires in Northern California could be eligible for help buying food through USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 23, 2017 - Households impacted by recent wildfires in Northern California could be eligible for help buying food through USDA's Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) launched a newly designed website today that improves access to information about ARS research. The new site features mobile responsiveness allowing users to better navigate and view information on both mobile and desktop devices.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 20, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is targeting $4 million to help farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners in California recover from the recent wildfires. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will issue waivers for those interested in the Environmental ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the follow activity.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2017 – In the wake of the 2017 hurricanes, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing emergency assistance to dairy operators in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. USDA is preparing for signup to begin Oct. 21, 2017.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 384,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
Release: San Francisco, CA, Oct. 19, 2017 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program households impacted by the recent wildfires in Northern California will receive support from USDA to replace food lost in the disaster and purchase hot foods at SNAP-authorized retailers through Nov. 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee voted to favorably report nominees Gregory Ibach, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
Release: On Oct. 18, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture also announced the availability of credit guarantees under the Facility Guarantee Program (FGP) for fiscal year 2018. The FGP provides credit guarantees to facilitate the financing of manufactured goods and U.S. services to improve or establish...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: The United States annually imports nearly $1 billion worth of tilapia while producing another 30 million pounds ourselves. This makes tilapia the U.S.'s fourth most consumed fish. Worldwide, farmed-raised tilapia is nearly an $8 billion yearly industry. Those same tilapia farmers lose about $1 billion annually due to streptococcosis. The main culprits are two bacteria, Streptococcus agalactiae and S. iniae.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
Release: On Oct. 18, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the availability of credit guarantees for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Commodity Credit Corporation’s (CCC) Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 2018. Further details of the announcements may be found at.
